Woman forced into marriage uses new law against her father...

A 22-year-old woman has used new legislation to protect herself from being married against her will in Pakistan.

Lancashire Police obtained its first ever Forced Marriage Protection Order against the unnamed woman's father. 

The woman approached police after her father informed her in a "bolt out of the blue" that she was to be married last month. More...

See also:

1. Yemen's 10-year-old divorcée Nojoud Ali has written a book...
2. Britain: young Asian girls and forced marriages...
3. Bangla-desh: ordeal of a British-based doctor forced into marriage...
4. French court overturns Muslim marriage "virginity" annulment...
5. Widow 'drugged by in-laws and forced to re-marry...'